4S HE BIG ONES pitch it up, the
middle ones stack it, and the little
guys ride," says an Amish "middle
one" of his favorite part of the year, when
neighbors gather to harvest wheat (left).
The grain is sold as a cash crop; straw
goes for bedding in animal stalls.
Bringing fresh produce to markets in
Lancaster and other centers is a long
standing tradition for some Old Order
farmers, but the increasing tourist trade
now brings the market to them. "Only
problem was, we should have made it
twice as big," says an Amish farmer of the
roadside stand he built last summer (above).
Gardening and canning skills so appreciated
by outsiders are a part of daily life. Ann Lapp
lines her cellar with home-canned jars of
cherries, apples, pears, applesauce, apricots,
grape juice, and peaches (below).
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